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Fatma Aydemir

Fatma Aydemir

The Guardian

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In Germany, a woman is killed every day. That’s proof the sexism we all experience is far from ‘harmless’

What is the thing I do 360 times a year – in other words, almost every day? It’s not that easy to say. I probably cook, if warming up leftovers...

09.12.2024 60

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Fatma Aydemir

Berlin feels like an island in a swamp of neofascism – but the flood waters are rising

I live on an island. I tend to forget this, but now with the last days of summer still perfect for a swim, I decide to drive an hour out of Berlin to...

05.09.2024 70

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When a bad Trump joke becomes an affair of state, Germany has lost more than its sense of humour

“The point of comedy is to make fun of everyone,” a Berlin friend told me recently. What matters, he argued, is that you make yourself look silly...

23.07.2024 10

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In Germany, football has made nationalism cool again. That’s why I’m dreading the Euros

It was the summer I graduated from secondary school, when Germans openly displayed their patriotism for the first time in decades. I had survived...

13.06.2024 60

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Like Germany’s president, I love a good kebab. Cosying up to autocrats like Erdoğan, less so

“Nazis eat döner kebabs in secret,” must be one of the dumbest slogans I have seen at German protests against the far right. Yes, the popularity...

26.04.2024 50

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The Zone of Interest is a portrait of guilt. No wonder it has divided opinion in Germany

There is something unsettling about sitting in a German theatre laughing at Nazis. How unsettling depends on the type of humour that prompts the...

27.03.2024 30

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Do I want to watch arthouse films with fascists? No thanks, Berlin

When the Berlin international film festival’s co-director Mariette Rissenbeek declared in an interview last week that the festival doesn’t strive...

14.02.2024 60

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My first name does me no favours in Germany. That’s why I rely on Julia, Lena and Anja

Anja sold my green sofa online. It was an emotional process, since over the years I had written two novels and survived several heartbreaks on that...

12.01.2024 10

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